LCA Specialist

About Green Project: 

Green Project Technologies, an ACT Group company, is the leading enterprise supply chain decarbonization platform, helping organizations and their suppliers measure, manage, and reduce emissions across entire value chains.

Through its purpose-built suite of tools for carbon accounting, supplier engagement, audit-grade reporting, and renewable energy procurement, combined with expert advisory support, Green Project enables companies to move beyond reporting to real, measurable decarbonization.

Trusted by 100+ procurement leaders and 5,000 suppliers across 40+ countries, including Microsoft and S&P Global, Green Project empowers procurement and sustainability teams to deliver credible Scope 3 progress, lower risk, and higher resilience across global supply chains.

Responsibilities:

• Help shape the next generation of automated carbon accounting tools. You’ll design and implement scientifically robust methodologies and models that power our Product and Corporate Carbon Footprinting solutions. Working closely with data, product, and engineering teams, you’ll ensure that our LCA methods are accurate, scalable, and compliant with leading standards.
• Improve and maintain robust methodologies for product and corporate carbon accounting (e.g. GHG Protocol, ISO 14067, ISO 14044, ISO14025, AFOLU, PACT, TfS), ensuring scientific accuracy and alignment with regulatory standards.
• Source, align, and validate climate and LCA data to support high-quality emissions modelling for Product and Corporate Footprints.
• Build and refine parameterised models and calculations for an automated Product Carbon Footprinting solution.
• Translate complex climate and LCA concepts into actionable product features and insights, working closely with product, data, and engineering teams.
• Develop and improve procedures for measuring and communicating uncertainty and data quality in PCF calculations.
• Contribute to internal documentation, team learning, and customer education on carbon accounting best practices.
• Ensure methodologies and outputs meet key disclosure and compliance requirements.

Requirements: 

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in LCA modelling or deep, practical knowledge in industrial ecology.
• Master’s or PhD in Industrial Ecology or adjacent Environmental programs.
• Competency in programming languages, ideally Python, and comfort with large datasets and automated data harvesting.
• Experience with LCA software such as Brightway, GaBi, or OpenLCA.
• Deep knowledge of LCA databases such as Ecoinvent, Carbonminds, Agribalyse, or LCA data commons.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven ability to lead R&D tasks and support product management in setting requirements.
• Experience building parameterised emissions models using LCI data and handling data gaps, allocation, and sector nuances.

Salary: 

£50,000 - £70,000 base. Actual base pay may vary based on various factors such as location, job-related knowledge, skills, level and experience. The base pay is just one component of the total competitive compensation package for employees. 

Benefits & Perks: 

• Competitive salary + bonus schemes
• Flexible / hybrid working arrangement (London-based preferred, occasional remote)
• Private health & dental insurance
• Generous annual leave and public holidays
• Budget for learning and conferences
• Collaborative, high-ownership culture driven by a strong climate mission